Almeida closes the door of the Town Hall to Villacís

The political future of Begoña Villacís in Madrid is minimal.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
31 May 2023 Wednesday 04:22
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Almeida closes the door of the Town Hall to Villacís

The political future of Begoña Villacís in Madrid is minimal. Almost impossible after the mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, has ruled out, a priori, having someone who has been his deputy mayor in his new government. "It is difficult for her now to occupy a merely managerial position," declared the councilor.

After 48 hours of the elections, Almeida acknowledged yesterday, upon his arrival at the National Board of Directors of the PP, that he has not yet had the "opportunity to speak" with Villacís beyond a few "voice messages", although he trusts that both they will have a "quiet talk".

However, in that talk there will be no room for an incorporation. "I think it is complicated that someone who has been vice mayor of the City Council can hold a merely managerial position, which does not mean that they have the best opinion of Begoña Villacís, that we have had the political harmony and the cordial relationship that we have personally had", declared the councilor about the orange leader.

For all this, Almeida has wished Villacís "the best in the future", since he assures that "she has all the wickers to achieve what she proposes". A message that sounds like a separation of ways despite the fact that the name of the vice mayor has sounded for months as a signing of the Madrid PP.

Almeida has commented that he assumes the absolute majority obtained at the head of the Madrid City Council with joy and "responsibility".

When asked about the need to agree with Vox in those town halls and autonomous communities where the popular ones have won by a simple majority, he said that "whoever does not want there to be PP governments will have to explain why they do not want there to be PP governments PP in territories where the left has suffered an unmitigated defeat".

"The PP and in its case Vox will have to explain why there are no PP governments where the Spanish have voted for it," added Almeida, who has given the Valencian Community and Extremadura as an example.

Almeida believes that what will affect the results of the general elections are not the possible negotiations of the PP with Vox for the formation of local and autonomous governments, but "the main cause of what happened in the tsunami of May 28 , whose name is Pedro Sánchez".

On the other hand, he has questioned the advancement of the general elections to July 23, since he does not understand "the reason that leads Pedro Sánchez to think that the Spaniards who have cast a vote against Pedro Sánchez (on 28M) are going to to change that vote in just 54 days".

However, he has called for "complete the job" by the PP and "convince every last Spaniard that there is a project for harmony, coexistence, tolerance, overcoming blocks, confrontation and tension" with Alberto Núñez Feijóo in front.